Overview —“ Hangar 18, another of the most well known songs in Megadeth’s entire catalogue is yet another song where Friedman and Mustaine prove why they work so well together. Besides all of the excellent guitar riffs and solos to this song, the lyrical content is actually quite interesting …

What Would I Want? Sky is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their EP Fall Be Kid. Opening up instrumentally, vocals do enter the mix but they are more of hums rather than actual lyrics which don’t enter the song until this instrumental section has …

Wisconsin Death Trip is Static-X’s first album, it was released in 1999 on Warner Bros records and produced by Ulrich Wild and Static-X. The album is really a heavy album, they call it industrial, I guess you could call it that, the singles are Push It, I’m With Stupid, …

Take Me Home Country Roads is one of John Denver’s many top hits. It is a song about him growing up in hills of West Virginia as a boy. It talks about how he remembers so many things and how they change over the years. That if he listens …

I would not say that I love rap music. I certainly liked it but there are certain genres of music I totally love and they are of course mostly rock music and also electronic music. But rap music is the type of music that I like even though I …

Sounds of the Earth: Ocean Waves - Sounds Of The Earth Series is a pretty relaxing audio CD that is quite pleasant to listen to. It accurately and clearly brings the sounds of the ocean to my ears and to my mind. Unlike some other audio CDs of the …

House of Blues Dallas, TX 10/7/2010
After a fun set from local troubadour, Scott Copeland, the sold out HOB audience anxiously anticipated the headliner: Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses. As they took the stage, the crowd broke into frenzy.
Fresh off the release of their 3rd album and with …

George Strait is one of the top country music singers in it’s history. His songs have always had the tendency to fly high in the charts and people across the United States love his music. I am one of his fans and there are very good reasons why. There …

Parabola is a song by Tool which appears on their album Lateralus. Just as a note, Parabola follows a track known as Parabol on the album and it’s pretty much meant that you’re supposed to listen to Parabol and then Parabola because it leads right into this track, just …

This Good Friday was my second time seeing all three of these bands, so I know what I’m talking about when I say that this concert was not just “business as usual” for these artists.
The concert began with a bang when Sevendust came onto the stage. Their high-energy …

Who don’t know Destiny’s Child?? A great R n B trio who’s have a many great hits and great voice. I like this group, and I think everybody love Beyonce Knowles, one of the member of this group. They been succees since they are 13 until now.
I like their …

I have known few albums that grow on you so organically like Adele’s album, 21. I was not a fan before and I have never heard her previous work( which is my loss).I was really surprised. I am used to hearing her first single “rolling in the deep” everywhere. …

Sweet Amber is one of the tracks which appears on arguably Metallica’s worst record, St. Anger. Although I do sound very pessimistic just from the opening line of the review, I want to make it clear that St. Anger just wasn’t a good album at all. I know that …

For me personally there are many ways in which this album is a highlight for the career of the band. I think that there are so many songs on it that are good, and I think that the guys are not making any serious mistakes on this album, and …

Now, Beyonce has a wonderfully amazing voice that has pretty much always seemed to grab the attention of the listener whenever one of her songs was played on the radio. But nothing has compared to the song, “Smash Into You”, which was played at the end of the film …

I bought this album almost as soon as it was released, when I was in my early teens, and this album left a very good impression on me. I truly enjoyed it then, and recently I listened to it again, and, of course the affection I felt for this …

Overview - Iron Maiden, the self titled album of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, is the band’s first effort and one of two efforts to feature singer Paul Di’Anno before being replaced by Bruce Dickinson. The main thing that I always associate Iron Maiden with is guitar …

R. Kelly ft. The Game
“Playas Only”
TP-3: Reloaded
Jive Records
It looks like R. Kelly is no longer trapped in the closet in this second single and music video from his solo album, “TP-3: Reloaded”. Here, he teams up with a rapper who (quite possibly) stole his name from a 1997 David …

Redneck School Of Technology is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their third record entitled Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a percussive rhythm which gradually builds up, a distorted guitar progressively joins the mix as well and comes in and out with abrupt power chords which …

This song is a nice combination of both singers…Nelly and Fergie.
It starts off basically with Nelly leading the pack while Fergie is the main provider of the Chorus of the song with Nelly bringing up the raer or ending of the chorus. She does an absolutely great job in …

I kind of like Will Young. And he has proved his talent in Let It Go by Will Young. I do think that he has such a great voice and he is also someone whom could write his own materials and that includes songs. Awesome, right. …

James Darren: The Best of James Darren CD starts of with Gidget, which is probably my favorite Darren song because it goes back so far and is from the movie I so loved him in. He played Moondoggie, and in my book, there was only one Moondoggie worth …

Bounce is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. Right from the start the song is extremely aggressive and Tankian matches the intensity of the music with his own vocal delivery. The track is pretty hectic, although to no extreme sense, it …

Overseas Stomp (The Lindy) is a cover which appears on a reissue of the self-titled Grateful Dead album. This song is a cover but I’m sure that The Dead added their own distinct touch to the track which is what I’ll be focusing on here. The track opens up …

Old Time’s Sake is a song by Eminem which appears on his record Relapse. I should also mention that this song features Dr. Dre in various parts of the track. The song opens up with a brief intro with Eminem before Dr. Dre goes into the first verse. Though …

The Cranberries is one of my most favorite bands of all time. I’ve bought three of their previous albums and I know almost all their songs by heart. I just love Dolores O’Riordan. That’s why when their CD, Stars - The Best of 1992-2002 came out, I immediately went …

The Deftones released their fourth album the self titled Deftones, in May of 2003, the album was produced by Terry Date and The Deftones. Hexagram is the band in their classic style, the perfect mix of loud and mellow. Needles And Pins has a darker feel that reminds me …

The liner jacket for Barry Manilow: Summer of ‘78 CD is nothing more than a very long credits listing, so that’s a little disappointing. There is a quick few lines signed by Barry on the last page, but that doesn’t help to make the liner worthwhile. When …

If you are not familiar with the girl band Sugababes, fret not. That is because they are a girl group band hailing all the way from UK. And they sound as sweet as sugar. As for this album, Catfights and Spotlights by Sugababes they score to me …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 17″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Oh boy oh boy, here we are at Chapter 17 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” saga, or should I say “Trapped in the Restaurant”? Because that’s where we’ve been for the past four episodes (Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode …

I discovered the folk metal band Eluveitie who are from Switzerland when one of their songs was playing on a heavy metal radio station used to listen to a lot some years ago. At the time, it was my first encounter with folk metal, and I liked what I …

This song honestly gives me faith that there are guys out there that can express emotions and that really do care about you, and when they say they love you they really mean it. This song is so sweet. Whenever I am doubting my boyfriend I always listen to …

Dance In The Dark is a song by Lady Gaga which appears on her album The Fame Monster. The track opens up with a fairly annoying introduction which unfortunately seems to remind me of the music of the 1980s. Gaga’s vocals come in soon enough with more of a …

If you feel too old to rock music, then leave this kind of music. Please note, the mighty Motorhead Kiss Of Death release that is album from their 31 year existence in the music industry. Looks like Lemmy and his colleagues support extraordinary spirit of playing music. Stay strong …

Ok so i heard about this supposed “supergroup” band recently called chickenfoot which seemed like from out of no where started up with not that much hype at all so i decided to pick up the cd and give it a listen to see what i thought. You’ve got Joe …

Andy Williams has a divine singing voice. He wasn’t my generation, but they didn’t matter. He had heart and substance to every song he crooned. His voice stayed with him a very long time before age took a bit of a toll. Andy Williams: 16 …

First and foremost, I have to admit that I have not listened to this CD as much as I have the previous two. It is not because it’s bad. It’s just not my taste in music.
I will say that the music does match the much darker tone …

This is Papa Roach’s third studio album, released in 2004, the band took a step away from Nu Metal and Rap Metal, and delve deep into the emo scene, Getting Away With Murder is a really good title for such an album, because they are in a way, they …

“Amada”
Performer: Boston
Since listening to Boston’s “More Than A Feeling”, I have been on the prowl to find more of their music and I came across (what appears to be a power ballad) “Amanda”. The song “Amanda” is the first song off of their third album, “Third Stage”.
Again, I’ll confess …

Marvin Gaye is a legend that is a known fact around the world I believe. So anything I say after that may just be reconfirmation of what’s in the hearts of his millions of fans. The man is great. My favorite Marvin Gaye song is Trouble Man, as …

Run Over By A Truck is a song by Weezer which appears on their record Raditude. Right from the title, you should be able to tell that this track is certainly going to have a different feel, for lack of a better description. The song is driven by a …

Overview - Earth A.D., The Misfits’ final album with vocalist and songwriter Glenn Danzig, is honestly just an assault of aggressive music from start to finish without much of a break anywhere in between. To me, this description honestly
doesn’t sound very appealing at all simply because it sounds as …

There are only a select few songs that I like by Reba McEntire, and that’s simply because she sings very old-fashioned country songs. There is nothing wrong with that, but it isn’t really my style. She has an amazing voice and that really awesome country twang, which is one …

Dolly Pardon sings ‘I will Always Love You’ the best of any performer I have heard do that song. It is such a sweet melody that makes you just want to cry when you hear it . It makes you want to tell them to go on and be …

L.L. Cool J’s album . Mama Said Knock you Out is one of the best rap CDs to ever come out. This is a true hip hop classic. I really liked this album and lot and I thought that the beats were very well done, as well as the lyrics. …

Rascal Flatts is one of the best country music groups that modern times have seen. They have a clear cut set of values when it comes to the music they record which gives them an awesome reputation along with the a very successful career. I love Rascal Flatts from …

One of the songs that catch my attention because of the introduction and the lyrics is King of Anything. Sara Barreilis is talking about how she is irritated with her lover. At first part, she was bored and count cars, which made me, laugh the first time I heard …

I purchased a Yamaha Stage Custom drum set several years ago when I began touring nationally in my band. I Purchased the 5 piece set. I have taken this drum kit all over the country and it has stood up to all of the traveling. It stays in tune …

Kenny Chesney sings this song called You Save Me. It is about how his wife or girl friend saves him from getting into more and more trouble. It kinds of relates to the old saying that behind every good man there is a great woman somewhere pushing him along …

Holland, 1945 is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the sixth track on their album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Though the song opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern, the band goes electric pretty much immediately before launching into the first verse which has an …